Who was the first physician to record the case histories of patients?

Legolaschic

Hippocrates, perhaps Sep 02 04, 8:45 PM

gmackematix

Perhaps being the operative word in Lego's answer. Much of the work ascribed to Hippocrates is now thought to be the work of over sixty people and Hippocrates himself is one of those Ancient Greeks about whom we have little first hand knowledge. Still, I suppose this misattribution is harmless and the chief Hippocratic principle was to do no harm. Sep 04 04, 9:18 PM

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